Identifying and Addressing Implicit Bias in Child Welfare, Education and Healthcare

Nicole Kelly, Psy.D.

Training Description

Implicit bias is present in society as well as the social services field. It’s important that those who support system-involved youth understand implicit bias and the ways it shows up and impacts recommendations, outcomes, and the ability to build relationships with system-involved youth and young adults. This training will provide an overview of ways implicit bias is present in social services, how it impacts system-involved youth and young adults and what we can do to address implicit bias when it shows up.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 example of implicit bias in social services.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 way implicit bias impacts system-involved youth and young adults.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to intervene when implicit bias is recognized within efforts to support system involved youth.

Agenda

9:00-9:15am  Welcome and Introductions

9:15-10:45am Implicit bias overview, child welfare

· Implicit vs explicit bias

· Defining implicit bias

· Examples of implicit bias

· Implicit bias and structural racism

· Implicit bias in child welfare

· Implications for foster youth

10:45-11:00am  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

11:00am-12:45pm Implicit bias in educational and healthcare

· Implicit bias in education

· Implications for foster youth

· Implicit bias in healthcare

· Implications for foster youth

· Impact of implicit bias on youth

· Implicit bias leading to discrimination

· What social service providers can do

12:45-1:00pm Closing

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Kelly is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.